Humidified receptacle for smoking tobaccos



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Patented July 3, 1951 HUMIDIFIED RECEPTACLE FOR SMOKING TOBACCOS Jerome J. Hasbrook and Robert R. Hasbrook, Columbus, Ohio Application April 12, 1947, Serial No. 741,126

Claims.

The present invention deals with containers or humidors for smoking tobacco, and has particular reference to tobacco humidors of the type incorporating means for maintaining a body of tobacco in a moist and undried condition.

It is an object of this invention to provide a receptacle for the storage of smoking tobacco which embodies means, in the form of a second liquid-holding receptacle, for supplying moisture to the main body of the tobacco to maintain the same in a fresh and undried condition.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a tobacco humidor of this character wherein the degree of humidity of the atmosphere surrounding the tobacco may be controlled to afiord the amount of moisture desired by the user.

These and additional objects and advantages of the present invention will become readily apparent with reference to the following detailed description and the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal Vertical sectional View taken through a tobacco humidor formed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken along a plane indicated by the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken through a modified type of tobacco humidor formed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Referring now to Figs. 13 of the drawings, it will be seen that the humidor disclosed therein makes use of a body I, which is provided with a main substantially cylindrical chamber 2 adapted for the reception of a body of tobacco. The body I is further provided with a second auxiliary and substantially cylindrical chamber 3 disposed adjacent to the main chamber 2, The second or auxiliary chamber 3 is adapted to receive a quantity of liquid such as water, or water containing a small amount of glycerine, or other suitable liquid capable of emitting moisture under normal processes of evaporation. The two chambers 2 and 3 are disposed adjacent one another in substantially upstanding order, and are spaced transversel of the body to provide an intermediate dead space chamber 4. Each of the chambers 2 and 3 is defined by the outer walls of the body I, and the bottom wall thereof, and is spaced internally of the body by means of division walls 5 and 6 respectively. These division walls 5 and 6 along with the side walls of the body I, form and define the dead space chamber 4. As shown in the drawings, the division wall 5 of the main chamber 2 is formed with a series of openings I which communicate with the dead space chamber 4. The openings 5 serve to permit circulation of the atmosphere present within the dead space 4, to and from the upper portion of the main chamber 2. Formed in the division wall 6 of the auxiliary, or liquid-receiving chamber 3, and adjacent the opening 1, is a slot 8. The slot 8 is disposed substantially in the upper portion of the division wall 6, and serves as an opening through which moisture may pass from a body of liquid contained within the chamber 3.

The upper portions of the two chambers 2 and 3 are open, and the larger main chamber 2 is provided with a closure lid 9 of general circular configuration, the latter being formed with an annular lip II] which extends over the upper portion of the side walls of the chamber 2.

The smaller or auxiliary chamber 3 is also provided with a generally circular lid I I, the same being formed with a tubular lip I2 adapted for insertion within the chamber to a point somewhat below the slot 8. It will be seen, that the tubular lip I2 possesses a diameter approximating the inner diameter of the chamber 3, in order that a tight fit may be assured between the outer wall of the lip and the inner wall of the chamber 3. The lip I2 is further provided with a cutaway portion I3 whose width approximates the width of the open slot 8. Referring to Figs. 1. and 2 of the drawings, it will be seen that upon suitable rotation of the lid I I within the chamber 3, that the cutaway portion I3 may be brought into registration with the slot 8 in order that an opening may be provided for the upper portion of the chamber, whereby moisture may pass from the liquid contained therein into the dead space chamber 4 and ultimatel through the openings 1 into the main or tobacco-receiving chamber 2. As the lid is rotated with respect to the chamber 3, it will be seen that the opening or slot 8 may be varied in size, or may be closed entirely to prevent moisture from passing therethrough. In this manner, the amount of moisture passing from the liquid contained within the chamber 3 may be controlled or varied to meet the requirements of the user.

In attempting to humidify tobacco, it will be understood that the proper degree of moisture within the atmosphere surrounding the tobacco is essential, otherwise the tobacco would be subject to a drying out action, or the converse, tending to over wet the tobacco, thereby causing the same to become soggy, or to become molded. In view of the critical nature ambient to the amount of moisture present in the atmosphere surrounding the tobacco, it will be seen that the present invention provides means whereby the amount of such moisture may be controlled, by rotating the closure lid I I within the smaller auxiliary liquidcontaining chamber 3, thereby varying the amount of opening of the slot 8, to control the passage of moisture therethrough into the main chamber 2.

To maintain a substantially tight closure within the separate chambers, the individual lids 9 and Il may be supplied with substantially air tight gaskets, not shown, which afford a tight fit of the lid when positioned in the upper ends of the individual chambers.

Referring once again to the drawings, Figs. 4-6 disclose a modified form of tobacco humidor formed in accordance with the present invention. In this form, the humidor comprises a substantially flat cylindrical bowl formed with coaxially disposed inner and outer chambers, M and I5 respectively. The two chambers are separated by an upstanding circular wall it formed integral with the bottom wall ll of the bowl. The outer chamber l5 provides a compartment for the reception of tobacco, and is advantageously provided with a plurality of removable radially disposed division walls [8 which serve to sub-divide the outer chamber into a plurality of segregated compartments which may be utilized to receive tobaccos of various types, or blends. These division walls lB are removably maintained within vertically extending slots formed within the outer wall of the bowl and the circular wall it, and may be interchanged and removed to section the outer chamber into a various number and sizes of compartments.

The inner chamber l4 serves as a receptacle for an open-ended and removable liquid-containing receptacle or vial l9, and has its bottom wall recessed, as at 26, to maintain the vial i9 in vertical alignment with the open upper end of the chamber. The circular division wall it is provided at its upper portion with a plurality of perforate regions 21 which normally permit the circulation of moisture-laden air from within the inner chamber to the upper portion of the I outer tobacco-receiving chamber iii.

In order to control the passage of moisture from the open end of the vial 19 to the inner chamber 14 and subsequently to the outer chamber IS, an adjustable closure lid 22 is disposed in the open end of the chamber 14. This lid is provided with a downwardly extending tubular lip 23 which is maintained in closely fitting relation with an inwardly directed annular flange 24 formed at and defining the opening of the inner chamber. The lower portion of the lip 23 fits over the outer surface of the vial l9, and also provides a closure therefor. Disposed intermediate the length of the lip 23, are a plurality of open slots 25 which serve as openings through which moisture may pass from the vial to the inner chamber hi when the lip is raised to a position where the plane of the slots is above the rim of the vial [9. By pressing downwardly upon the lid 22, the lip 23 is slid downwardly upon the vial l9 and the slots 25 are either closed or partially closed to control the amount of moisture passing from the liquid contained in the vial.

Due to the disposition of the vial it within the inner chamber I4, it will be seen that an air space is provided between the outer wall of the vial and the inner wall of the chamber. In both forms of the invention, as disclosed in the drawings, it will be noted that this air space provides a separate chamber adapted to receive excess moisture or droplets of water occasioned by condensation due to temperature differentials between the body of liquid and the atmosphere surrounding the liquid-receiving chambers. For instance, if the temperature of the liquid, when initially placed within the liquid-receiving cham her, is less than the temperature of the atmosphere surrounding the chamber, the outer walls of this chamber will tend to sweat and if the walls of the liquid-receiving chamber were in direct contact with the tobacco, an excess of moisture would be deposited in the tobacco tending to make the same soggy and to eventually cause the same to become molded.

In view of the foregoing, it will be seen that the present invention provides both a useful and efficient means for maintaining tobacco in a properly moist and undried state, the control of the degree of moisture present within the main chamber of the receptacle, being accomplished simply by the adjustment of the lid of the liquid receiving chamber disposedin association with the main chamber. It will be seen that such control may be accomplished by varying the openings between the two compartments, and through practice a proper position may be found which will supply the desired degree of moisture within the,tobacco. While preferred forms of the present invention have been disclosed in detail, it will be understood that various modifications as to details of construction and design may be accomplished without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the following claims.

We claim:

1. A tobacco humidor comprising a body formed with a first tobacco-receiving chamber and a second separate open-topped chamber adapted for the reception of a body of moistureemitting liquid, said second chamber being provided a distance below its open top with an open ing through which moisture emitted from a body of liquid contained in said second chamber may normally pass to humidify tobacco contained in said first chamber and a lid member removably carried within the open top of said second charm her and formed with a depending skirt portion extending within said second chamber, the skirt portion of said lid member being adjustable within said second chamber with respect to the opening provided therein to control the passage 0'; moisture from said second chamber to said first chamber.

2. A tobacco humidor comprising a chamber defined by a side wall having a substantially perforate region formed therein and adapted for the reception of a body of tobacco, a liquid-receiving chamber disposed adjacent said first chamber, said liquid-receiving chamber being adapted for the reception of a body of moisture-emitting liquid, an open slot formed in the walls of said liquid-receiving chamber, said slot being disposed with relation to the perforate region of said first chamber to effect the passage of moisture from a body of liquid contained in said liquid-receiving chamber to said first chamber to humidiiy tobacco contained therein, and a closure lid for said liquid-receiving chamber, said lid being provided with means for controlling the passage of moisture from said liquid-receiving chamber to said first chamber.

3. A tobacco humidor comprising a chamber having a side wall formed with an opening, said chamber being adapted for the reception of tobacco, a removable closure lid for said chamber, a liquid-receiving chamber disposed adjacent said first chamber, said liquid-receiving chamber being adapted for the reception of a body of moisture-emitting liquid, said liquid-receiving chamber having a side wall formed with an open slot disposed with relation to the opening formed in the side wall of said first chamber whereby moisture emitted from a liquid contained in said liquid-receiving chamber may pass to said first chamber to humidify tobacco contained therein, and a closure lid for said liquid-receiving cham her, said lid being formed with a lip adapted to extend inwardly of said chamber in registration with the open slot formed in the side wall thereof, said lip serving to control the passage of moisture from said liquid-receiving chamber to said first chamber.

4. A tobacco humidor comprising a body formed with a pair of separated open-ended chambers disposed adjacent one another, one of said chambers being formed with a side wall containing a perforate region and being adapted for the reception'of a body of tobacco, the other of said chambers being provided with a side wall disposed in spaced relation to the side wall of said first chamber and being adapted for the reception of a body of moisture-emitting liquid, the side wall of said second chamber being formed with an open slot at its upper portion in spaced relation to the perforate region of said first chamber whereby moisture emitted from a liquid contained in said second chamber may pass to said first chamber to humidify tobacco contained therein, and a closure lid disposed in the open end of said second chamber, said lid being provided with a lip adapted to extend inwardly of said second chamber in registration with the slot formed in the side wall thereof, said lip serving to open or close said slot to control the passage of moisture from said second to said first chambers.

5. A tobacco humidor comprising a body formed with a main chamber adapted for the reception of a body of tobacco and an auxiliary cylindrical chamber adapted for the reception of a body of moisture-emitting liquid, said chambers being disposed adjacent one another and separated by a pair of transversely spaced walls, each of said walls being formed with opposing openings whereby moisture emitted from a liquid contained in said auxiliary chamber may pass to said main chamber to humidify tobacco contained therein, and a removable closure lid for each of said chambers, the closure lid for said auxiliary chamber being formed with a tubular lip having formed therein a slot, said lip being adapted to project inwardly of said auxiliary chamber in registration with the opening formed in the wall thereof and serving to either close or open said opening to control the passage of moisture therethrough.

JEROME J. HASBROOK. ROBERT R. HASBROOK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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